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When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,
CUANDO te sentares á comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
No codicies sus manjares delicados, porque es pan engañoso.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
No trabajes por ser rico; pon coto á tu prudencia.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
No comas pan de hombre de mal ojo, ni codicies sus manjares:
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.
Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
Vomitarás la parte que tú comiste, y perderás tus suaves palabras.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.
No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.
No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
For their close relative is strong, and he will judge their case against you.
Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.
Aplica tu corazón á la enseñanza, y tus oídos á las palabras de sabiduría.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: porque si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.
Hijo mío, si tu corazón fuere sabio, también á mí se me alegrará el corazón;
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
And my temperament will exult, when your lips will have spoken what is upright.
Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores, antes persevera en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.
Porque ciertamente hay fin, y tu esperanza no será cortada.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.
Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza tu corazón al camino.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.
No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán: y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
Compra la verdad, y no la vendas; la sabiduría, la enseñanza, y la inteligencia.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.
Alégrense tu padre y tu madre, y gócese la que te engendró.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.
Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.
También ella, como robador, acecha, y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes?
¿Para quién será el ay? ¿para quién el ay? ¿para quién las rencillas? ¿para quién las quejas? ¿para quién las heridas en balde? ¿para quién lo amoratado de los ojos?
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups?
Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: éntrase suavemente;
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes.
Mas al fin como serpiente morderá, y como basilisco dará dolor:
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities.
Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.
Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar, ó como el que está en la punta de un mastelero.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
And you will say: “They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?”
Y dirás: Hiriéronme, mas no me dolió; azotáronme, mas no lo sentí; cuando despertare, aun lo tornaré á buscar.
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”